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12/02/2008 04:52:16 PM · #26 |
Originally posted by Jac:
Originally posted by roz:
jack .. brilliant shots .. and a very exciting moment ..
like i said in my comment .. i'm hoping to be there when one of the wasps hatch on the firetrail ..
being summer here now the nest building and laying of egg cycle has only been going on for a relatively short time .. only the eggs are in the cells and none have even turned into larvae yet .. i think that after they pupate and hatch the queen lays more eggs in the vacated cell .. so that means i should get lots of opportunities ..
i'm wondering how long it took for this little wasp to emerge fully after its face first appeared while still in the cell .. ??:) |
This was the first of three and took the longest at approximately 90 minutes. Two more hatched the next day while I was aware of only one though, the other was a complete surprise. I learned a lot about these wasps from you Roz and reading up on this specific variety online. Two of the three were drones, workers. One was a queen and was a lot bigger and active, she wanted to leave but felt the cold air when I put her close to the opened window, and backed away. I kept them for over two weeks until it got warm one day and the queen finally left, but the two workers just kept on walking around the nest.
These were totally un-aggressive when approached and would often walk on my hand and arms or just sit there doing nothing. I didn't and wouldn't try that with the queen though. I even fed them strawberry jam and water droplets, which they ate and slurped away for a minute or two. I was watching with a magnifying glass in amazement. lol
They were my pets! :D |
FAR OUT .. !!!!
ON YOUR HAND .. !!!!!!!!!!!
love that you were feeding them the strawberry jam and water droplets .. you could'v got some amazing shots of that ..
i've noticed that you can be taking photographs of them and when you see them on your computer, one shot they dont have a droplet hanging out'v their mouth and the next they do .. it might only be a few seconds between the shots (i cant see that sort'v detail in the camera even when blown up) .. but i think they must regurgitate it .. i once put some wattle flowers on the nest so i could get a more interesting and attractive shot, but it was nearing winter and there were only a couple of wasps left and they were pretty dopey .. i dont think i'd try in mid summer when the nest is swarming with wasps .. just need one with a bad attitude and whammo .. i've heard their bite is extremely painful .. worse than a bee or an ant and bullants are very painful .. i was bitten a couple of weeks ago and it was still sore a week later .. :) ..
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12/02/2008 10:02:07 PM · #27 |
Ouch! That must sting, hope you're not allergic Roz.
I took one or two of them sipping at water but I didn't get any good ones, I was so excited to see them go to the water droplet I guess and fidgeted around too much.
I posted a few more. I uploaded the full 100% crop for Wasp18, the profile shot, so you can see the details in the wasp.
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12/02/2008 10:31:14 PM · #28 |
| Wow those are some awesome shots. Thanks for sharing. |
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12/02/2008 10:55:45 PM · #29 |
seeing you asked to see the original bull-ant i'll put it in here ..
continues the insect theme, but instead of birth this one's a death ..
think i might'v made the processed one too dark .. might fix it up later .. :)
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12/02/2008 11:17:26 PM · #30 |
hey jack .. the bull-ant is about 3/4" or 15mm long .. :)
edit to say . i just re-read your comment on the original bull-ant photograph .
he's actually smaller than the ones you were talking about which you say are 2cm long ... this guy was smaller than those ones ..
you might be getting confused because of the bee .. its a honey bee and they're quite small .. less than 1/2" or 1cm long .. :)
Message edited by author 2008-12-02 23:24:58.
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12/02/2008 11:35:22 PM · #31 |
Originally posted by roz:
hey jack .. the bull-ant is about 3/4" or 15mm long .. :)
edit to say . i just re-read your comment on the original bull-ant photograph .
he's actually smaller than the ones you were talking about which you say are 2cm long ... this guy was smaller than those ones ..
you might be getting confused because of the bee .. its a honey bee and they're quite small .. less than 1/2" or 1cm long .. :) |
OK, I had scratched Australia off my list of places to travel to but since you cleared that up, it's back. lol
Thanks.
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12/03/2008 12:16:46 AM · #32 |
Originally posted by Jac:
Originally posted by roz:
hey jack .. the bull-ant is about 3/4" or 15mm long .. :)
edit to say . i just re-read your comment on the original bull-ant photograph .
he's actually smaller than the ones you were talking about which you say are 2cm long ... this guy was smaller than those ones ..
you might be getting confused because of the bee .. its a honey bee and they're quite small .. less than 1/2" or 1cm long .. :) |
OK, I had scratched Australia off my list of places to travel to but since you cleared that up, it's back. lol
Thanks. |
lol .. funny !!!
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12/03/2008 01:28:28 AM · #33 |
Jac, these are terrific - you should make a collage.
This one, though, is simply incredible, esp. at full size (consider hiding it and putting it in the best of 2008 challenge):
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What F-stop to get so much DOF? And is that just the lens, with no extension tubes or anything?
BTW, I saw your comment on Roz's pic, and you made me curious - here's one vid about hornets killing an entire honeybee hive. Maybe this is what you saw? //www.metacafe.com/watch/206326/10_giant_japanese_hornets_vs_10_000_honey_bees/
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12/03/2008 02:29:20 AM · #34 |
Originally posted by levyj413:
Jac, these are terrific - you should make a collage.
This one, though, is simply incredible, esp. at full size (consider hiding it and putting it in the best of 2008 challenge):
What F-stop to get so much DOF? And is that just the lens, with no extension tubes or anything?
BTW, I saw your comment on Roz's pic, and you made me curious - here's one vid about hornets killing an entire honeybee hive. Maybe this is what you saw? //www.metacafe.com/watch/206326/10_giant_japanese_hornets_vs_10_000_honey_bees/ |
You're right. I'll pull it, thanks for the suggestion. Haven't been here long enough to think about that challenge. I actually thought it had to be a winning image from a past challenge to enter the best of one.
That was the video I saw on Discovery. Thanks for finding it. Incredible how they make mince meat out of the honey bees.
Settings for that now gone image were F14, 250th, diffused flash held high left with a white reflector in front of the subject. This is a fantastic prime lens for the price it cost me..
Message edited by author 2008-12-03 02:52:44. |
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